Cartridge implement



(No Model.)

J. H. BARLOW.

CARTRIDGE IMPLEMENT. No. 369,833. Patented Sept. 13

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I'VITNESSE UNITED STATES PATENT J OHN H. BARLOWV, OF NEWV HAVEN,CONNECTICUT.

CARTRIDGE IMPLEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,833, datedSeptember 13, 1887.

Application filed June 8, 1887.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

3e it known that I, JOHN H. BARLow, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCartridge Implements, of which the following is a specifica tion,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My inventionrelates to improvements in an implement used for loadingmetallic centralfire cartridges.

Cartridge-loading implements as made prior to my invention were adaptedto a specified shape of bullet, a specified charge of powder, andinsertion of the bullet in the end of the shell, with a portion of thebullet protruding therefrom.

The requirements of accurate shooting in target-practice necessitate theuse of varying charges of powder; also, the use of spherical and conicalbullets at different times in the same fire-arm to meet the exigenciesof the The object of this invention is to provide an efficient andportable implement whereby cartridges using a small or large amount ofpowder in the same cartridge-shell may be successfully loaded, and thebullet may be correspondingly seated upon the said charge of powder atany depth in the cartridge-shell; and to this end it consists in theconstruction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts shown inthe drawings, and hereinafter described and specifically set forth inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of aloading implement, a portion of which isshown in section to facilitateshowing the relative portions of the several parts which constitute myinvention. Fig. 2 is a view of a modification, and will be more fullydescribed hereinafter.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each figure of thedrawings.

The cart-ridge implement, as shown in the drawings, consists of twopivotal levers, B and C, operating upon the common pivot E. An extensionof the said levers B and C to theleft of the pivot-joint E is shown inthe form of a bullet-mold. The same being an old and familiar device,needs no further description.

Serial No. 240,674. (No model.)

The lever B is provided with a series of chambers, one of which is usedfor loading the cartridge, (or compressing the charge of powder andbullet to their proper position,) and is shown in Fig. 1 in a sectionalview.

In Fig. 1 the loading-chamber is represented as having a cylindricalopening passing entirely through the same, the internal diameter ofwhich corresponds with the external diameter ofthe cartridge-shell. Thelower end of the loading-chamber is provided with an internalscrew-thread adapted to receive the pillar A. The portion of pillar Awhich extends into the chamber is reduced in diameter sufficient topermit it to freely enter the inside of the cartridge-shell.Assornebulletsarespherical, others conical or truncated, the end of thepillar A (adapted to enter the cartridge-shell) will be made tocorrespond with the bullet to be used, so as not to mar the bulletduring the operation of loading. The pillar A is securely held at anydesired point by means of the knurled check-nut b.

In Fig. 2 it will be seen that the pillar A is shown as being anintegral part of the loading-chamber, and as the descent of thecartridge-shell 0 into the loading-chamber is arrested by the head ofthe cartridge-shell 0 coming upon the top of the lever B, the regulationof the entrance of the pillar A into the end of the cartridge-shell isaccomplished by means of a threaded joint between the lever B and theloadingchamber on the line 00 :r of Fig. 1.

Vhile either of the above forms are equally efficient in the productionof the required results, I prefer the form shown in Fig. 1, as theadjustable pillar A can be applied to any chamber, enabling an operatorof a loading implement to load as many varieties of shapes of bullets ashe has pillars A to conform thereto in one and the same implement.

To operate the tool or implement, the pow der and bullet being placed inthe cartridgeshell, they are then entered into the loadingchamber, andby bringing the levers B and C together, whereby the bullet to isbrought into contact with the end of the pillar A, which, being adaptedto enter the inside of the shell, permits the seating of the ball adirectly upon the charge, whether the charge be great or small. Openingthe lovers B and C apart, the

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loaded cartridge is withdrawn from the chamber by the extractor e.

I am aware that a detachable chamber has been used in loading implementsmade prior to this invention. Therefore I do not broadly claim that as apart of my invention; but

What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cartridge -l0ading implement, the loading-chamber provided withan adjustable pillar, A, extending into the said loadingcharnber fromthe bottom on a plane coincident with the longitudinal axis of the saidloading-chamber, the adjustable pillar A being recessed in the end orotherwise made to conform to the shape of the bullet, and adapted toenter the inside of the cartridge-shell and locate the bullet a at anyrequired depth therein, substantially as and for the purpose set forthand described.

2. In a cartridge-loading implement, the loading-chamber provided with amovable pillar, A, extending from the bottom of said leading-ehamber ona plane coincident with the longitudinal axis of the said chamber andadapted to seat the bullet a at any required depth in thecartridge-shell, in combination with the pivotal levers B and 0, one ofwhich supports the loading-chamber, substantially as and for the purposeset forth and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. BARLOVV.

\Vitnesses:

W. E. WATERBURY, D. O. PARMELEE.

